Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-06-01
CHILDREN'S DAY.

lldSG SuuUdy WAS OUScI fOu 90 g
Day. in the Methodist Episcopal church al
this place.. The regular morning service
was conducted by Prof. A. Coke Smith, Of
Wofford College, S~partanburg, who delivered
an able discourse, founded on the 9Th and 9Th
verses of the Goth Psalm "Lord, 1 have loved
the habitation of thine house, and the place
where honor dwelleth. Gather not my soul
with sinners, nor my life with bloody men,
The argument was directed mainly to parents
as to the proper course for training children
in the way they should 60, and the subject
was ably and skillfully treated.
At P. M, the exercises were conducted by
the members of the Sunday-school, the chill
dren prominently taking part. The teachers
and pupils of all the other Sunday-schools in
town had been invited and the. presence of the
larger number of them, with the full attend
.ance of others, filled the church.
The following is the programme of the ex-
~ercises:
Song-"Daybreak."
responsive Reading.
Song-"I was a wandering Sheep"
Prayer, by Rev. T. R. English.
Song-"Will Jesus Save Me?"
Responsive Reading.
Song-"The Ninety and Nine"
Address, by Rev. A. Coke Smith.
Song-See Israel's Gentle Shepherd"
Collection, in aid of Sunday-shool work.
The song, evil Jesus Save Me ?" was sung
in part by two little children less than six
years old, Nettie Hyndman and Harry Smith,
it's effectiveness being much increased by the
childlike faith in which the little singers acted
their part.
The lecture was preceded with a few intro
ductory remarks by Mr.. Frank A. Gilbert, SUI
perintendent of the Sunday-school, who intro
duced the speaker in appropriate terms. OF
the lecture it is hardly necessary to speak.
Prof. Smiths reputation as an entertaining
speaker on any topic is co-extensive with the
State, and on the present occasion his hearers
were not disappointed. Though his remarks
were addressed to the young, and were adapted
to his youthful auditors, they were no less
pleasing and interesting to the older persons IN
the audience. The collection resulted in a
handsome sum for the purpose it was taken up,
and altogether the occasion was quitea success.
A WHISKY CASE.
On Yesterday morning John May, Jr., a
druggist, was arraigned before the Town Coun-
Gil on the charge of improperly selling intoxi-
eating liquor, without a physicians prescrip-
ton. He was represented by Maj. J. F. Hart,
and the Council by C. E. Spencer, Esq, cor
%poration counsel. The defendant demanded a
jury, and the following were impaneled: J.
Robert Lindsay, Foreman; James H. Riddle,
R, A.. Parish, Jno. +. Oates, J.. Ernest Lowry,
Joseph O. Walker.
Before entering upon the hearing of testi-
mony, Maj. Hart entered a plea OF lack of
Jurisdiction of the Town Council to hear the
case, and argued to the effect that the selling of
liquor without a license, as charged in the
complaint, is a violation of State law, and that
the defendant is not amenable before the Town
Council.
Mr.. Spencer replied, interpreting the pro-
visions of the town charter as applying to the
present case, as he understood its meaning,
and showing that it is the intent of the charter
to empower the Council to regulate and con-
troll the sale of intoxicating liquor within the
incorporate limits Of the town.
Intendant O'Leary decided that the Council
had jurisdiction, and the hearing Of testimony
proceeded.
John G. Robinson, who had been employed
by the Town Council as q special policeman,
testified that on the 23rd of April last, he bought
q pint of whisky from the defendant, John
May, a druggist in Yorkville, the said whisky
being furnished to him in Mays drug store
without q physicians prescription, and for
which he paid the sum of fifty cents.
On cross-examination he testified that he
also bought a pint on the 10th, and a pint on
the 2lst Of April, having no prescription iof
either purchase.
R. l.. O'Farrell, Town Marshal, testified That
about 9o'clock on the night ofthe 23rd OF April
Mr.. Robinson left him and entered Mays drug
store, returning soon after with a pint OF corn
whisky.
Mr., w. c. Latimer, a member of the Town
Council, testified that on the LIST of the present
month he inspected the prescriptions for the
month of April on file at Mays drug store, and
found none issued in the name of j. c. Robin
son.
On cross examination he said he found one
of the date of April 18th, issued to John jamie
son, by DR.. T. M. Gwin.
For the defence, DR.. 7. NJ. Gwintestifed that